Stop me if you’ve heard this plot before. A group of teenagers heads out to a remote cabin in the woods for what’s supposed to be a fun weekend. They encounter a crazy man at a gas station. After they arrive at the cabin, they discover that someone’s disabled theirContinue Reading
Captain Nolan (Richard Harris) captures sea creatures and sells them to aquariums for a living. He’s currently hunting a great white shark, for which he claims he can get as much as $250,000. When Nolan’s boat meanders into a diving zone occupied by a whale researcher, Rachel (Charlotte Rampling), heContinue Reading
Roger Corman’s 1978 Piranha was one of the better low-budget films “inspired” by Jaws. It received a relatively warm critical and financial response and a sequel was planned. However, the journey that Piranha II: The Spawning took from conceptualization to the screen is a far more interesting tale than theContinue Reading
What hath Sharknado wrought? Ever since 2013’s bizarro CGI shark movie aired on SyFy, there have been a rash of whacked out shark movies on the channel. Sharknado wasn’t the first but it was the most popular of these campy and implausible flicks. Films like Trailer Park Shark, Dinoshark, andContinue Reading
On Christmas Eve 1971, five year old Billy (Jonathan Best,} his baby brother, and his parents take a drive to visit Grandpa at a nursing home. Supposedly catatonic, Grandpa speaks to Billy when the two are left alone. He tells Billy that if he’s been naughty, Santa Claus will punishContinue Reading
On the eve of D-Day, a group of American paratroopers must destroy a German radio tower before the Allies hit the beaches. If they fail, the Germans will be able to call in air support and the liberation of France will be doomed. Private Boyce (Jovan Adepo) and Corporal FordContinue Reading
Ben (Joel David Moore) and his college buddies have traveled to New Orleans to celebrate Mardi Gras. Ben, however, isn’t feeling particularly festive. Having just broken up with his girlfriend, he finds the mindless partying lame. Eager to do something different, he convinces Marcus (Deon Richmond) to take a swampContinue Reading